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What sorts of problems are avoided by writing goals that are SMART?

Older records of former patients A) need to be kept in the physician’s office indefinitely. B) can be stored in a clean, dry storage space. C) can be destroyed after 5 years. D) need to be kept in the physician’s office for at least 7 years.

Active euthanasia A) is illegal in all U.S. jurisdictions. B) erodes the ethical basis of the medical profession. C) A and B. D) none of the above.

The Workers’ Compensation Act protects workers and their families from financial problems resulting from A) employment-related injury, disease, or death. B) termination of employment due to drug use. C) a downsizing of the organization of employment. D) strikes or workplace action by employees.

The AAMA has developed a code of ethics for the A) anesthesiologist. B) nurse. C) medical assistant. D) information technologist.

The National Organ Transplant Law of 1984 A) allows the sale of organs within individual states. B) developed an allocation formula. C) forbids the sale of organs in interstate commerce. D) funds organ transplantation.

The total care of patients whose disease is no longer responsive to curative therapy is A) palliative care. B) preventive care. C) hospice care. D) euthanasia.

Under H I P A A, which of the following rules relating to research must be included? a waiver from an Institutional Review Board a waiver from the primary care physician a notification about the research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association a waiver from the coroner none of the above

Health care fraud alerts are issued by the A) Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. B) Attorney General of the United States. C) Surgeon General of the United States. D) Postmaster General of the United States

Castration or sterilization of another person without following legally required procedures is considered to be A) a misdemeanor. B) legal. C) assault and battery. D) an automatic life sentence.